Edwin "Percy" Brown
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Title
Edwin "Percy" Brown
Subject
Brown, Edwin Percival "Percy" (1899-1978)
Description
Portrait of Edwin Brown, who went by Percy, as a young man. He was valedictorian at Woodstock High School.
Percy Brown was born in Carmel, an unincorporated place located within Fort Valley. His parents were James William and Martha C. Brown, a farming couple. In the 1910 census, the family lived and farmed on Back Road in the Johnston District of the County. Percy was the second youngest of six siblings. His WWI Draft registration listed him as being a student at Woodstock High School.
By 1930, Percy had gone to Chicago where he lodged with many others in a YMCA. He was still single and worked as a clerk. When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, he lived in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, where one “C.H. Brown” was listed as his emergency contact. At that time, Percy worked for Webster Manufacturing Company.
By 1950, he had married Barbara A. Zeiter (1909-1994) and was raising a family with her in Clinton, Ohio. The census found Percy working as a pricing clerk in a metal manufacturing industry there. He and his wife had two children: Martha (who was 4 years old) and George (who was just 2 years old).
Both he and his wife are buried in Tiffins, Seneca County, Ohio.
Percy Brown was born in Carmel, an unincorporated place located within Fort Valley. His parents were James William and Martha C. Brown, a farming couple. In the 1910 census, the family lived and farmed on Back Road in the Johnston District of the County. Percy was the second youngest of six siblings. His WWI Draft registration listed him as being a student at Woodstock High School.
By 1930, Percy had gone to Chicago where he lodged with many others in a YMCA. He was still single and worked as a clerk. When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, he lived in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, where one “C.H. Brown” was listed as his emergency contact. At that time, Percy worked for Webster Manufacturing Company.
By 1950, he had married Barbara A. Zeiter (1909-1994) and was raising a family with her in Clinton, Ohio. The census found Percy working as a pricing clerk in a metal manufacturing industry there. He and his wife had two children: Martha (who was 4 years old) and George (who was just 2 years old).
Both he and his wife are buried in Tiffins, Seneca County, Ohio.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1919
Contributor
Subject identified by his niece, Lois Love, who has this photograph. Mr. Brown was her father's brother.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
006259
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Edwin "Percy" Brown,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 1, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39022.
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